Is $80,000 Enough ?
(COLLABORATION EXERCISES and cases pg 136)
Quadeisha D Daniels
Vanessa G Dripaul
Anne M Gage
Michael P Glynn
MGS 3040-05
Chapter 4
GROUP A
 Corporate
Operation officer allocated $80,000 in the
budget for computers
 COO
expects confirm or change of proposed budget in
two days from Department Manager
 Due
to the employee job descriptions the computer
systems required imposes the purchase of 23 new
computers
 Only 19 can be upgraded to satisfy computer
specifications
 Due to Moore’s Law computers continue to become
faster and cheaper
 Computer Companies sell inexpensive standard
packages with higher requirements than established
 Thus, the Proposed Budget of $80,000 is sufficient
HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THREE CLASSES OF
COMPUTERS
CLASS OF
COMPUTERS
CURRENT HARWARE
SPECIFICATION
HARDWARE REQUIRED AFTER
UPGRADE
A
256MB, 0.5 GHz, 30GB
1GB, 1GHz, 80GB
B
512MB, 1GHz, 80GB
2GB, 2GHz, 150GB
C
1GB, 2GHz, 2 X 125GB
4GB, 2GHz-DUAL, 2 X 250GB
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES/COMPUTER REQUIREMENT
TYPE/ALLOCATIONS OF NEW AND EXISTING MODIFIED COMPUTERS
JOB TITLE
roduct Manager
elesales
epartment Administrator
EMPLOYEES
REQUIRED
TYPE
8
B
Laptop
13
A
Desktop
NEW COMPUTERS/OLD
MODIFIED
8 x New Laptops
6 Existing B Desktops
4 Existing B Laptops modified
with Keyboard, Mouse, Screen
3 Existing B Laptops modified
with
1GB RAM, keyboard, mouse,
screen
2
A
Desktop
2 B Laptops modified with
1GB RAM keyboard, mouse,
s creen
Marketing
ommunications Manager
4
B
Laptop
4 New B Laptops
Marketing Analyst
4
C(desktop)
Both, a desktop
4 New c Desktops
B(laptop)
laptop
4 New B Laptops
B
Desktop
Marketing Programs
Manager
6
4 Existing C Desktops modified
With 2GB RAM & 150GB Hard
Disk
2 New B Desktops
Status of existing Class
B and C computers to be Current Hardware
modified to meet Class Class B and C
A and B specifications Computers
6 Class B Desktops fulfills
requirements for Class A
Desktops computers
4 Class B Laptops fulfills
requirements for Class A
Desktop computers by
modifying them with
keyboard, mouse, screen
5 Class B Laptops fulfills
requirements for Class A
Desktop computers with
1GB RAM upgrade,
keyboard, mouse, screen
4 Existing C Desktops needs
2GB RAM, 150GB upgrade
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
Required hardware
Class A and B
Computers
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
Reallocation of
computers to 15
Employees with Class
A and 4 with Class B
Computers
From Marketing
programs Manager
2 go to Department
Administrators
4 Go to Telesales
From Marketing Analyst
4 Go to Telesales
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
512MB, 1GHz, 80GB
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
From Marketing
communication Manager
4 go to Telesales
From product Manager
1 go to Telesales
From marketing Analyst
4 go to Marketing
Laptop
Desktop
$649
$799
$1420
$75
$75
Office 2007 Software Charge
$100
$100
Network and Server Charge
$1,200
$1,200
total per unit software cost
$1,375
$1,375
Price of 1GB RAM
$40
$40
Price of 2GB RAM
$70
$70
Price of 150GB Storage
$190
$190
Price of keyboard, mouse, screen pk
$290
Price of Class B Computer
Price of Class C Computer
Vista Software Charge
COMPUTERS
HARDWARE COST
/HARDWARE PARTS
17 x New B Laptops
17*649
2 x New B Desktops
2*799
$11.033
$1,598
$5,680
4*1,420
4 x New C Desktops
5 Existing B Laptops
modified
with 1GB RAM, Keyboard,
5*(270+40)
Mouse, Screen
4 Existing B Laptops
modified
with Keyboard, Mouse,
4*(270)
Screen
4 Existing C Desktops
modified with 2GB RAM &
4*(70+190)
150GB
Software, Network
and server total
cost = 42*1,375
TOTAL HARDWARE
COST
$1,550
$1,080
$1,040
TOTALS
$21,981
TOTALS
$57,750
COMPUTER BUDGET
ANALYSIS
$79,731

PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T4300 (2.1GHz/800MHz
FSB/1MB cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM

MEMORY
(2 DIMM)
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

MONITOR
with Webcam
22 inch SX2210 Widescreen Flat Panel

KEYBOARD & MOUSE
Mouse edit

SPEAKERS
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Service
Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard & Optical
Dell AX210 Stereo Speakers


PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600
(2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium

LCD PANEL
14.0” High Definition+ (900p) Bright
LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Recognition SW
edit

MEMORY
1066MHz

HARD DRIVE Size

VIDEO CARD NVIDIA®

WIRELESS CARDS
Card
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at
250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
GeForce® 9400M G
Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-

PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™2 Duo E7400
(2.80GHz/1066MHz/3MB L2/375W)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Professional Bonus- Windows
XP Professional downgrade

GRAPHIC CARDS
Capable

MEMORY
DIMMS)
4GB, 800MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, ECC (2

OPTICAL DRIVE
16X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™

HARD DRIVE/RAID CONFIGURATION
Drives

HARD DRIVE
DataBurst Cache™

2ND HARD DRIVE
Cache™

MONITOR
Only

SPEAKERS

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

FLOPPY & MEDIA READER
256MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI
C1a, All SATA, NO RAID for 2 Hard
250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB
250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst
Dell E Series E1910H 18.5in Wide Monitor, VGA
Dell™ AX210 Speakers, Black
Internal USB Media Card Reader